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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cum•quat (kum′kwot),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologykumquat.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cumquat /ˈkʌmkwɒt/ n - a variant spelling of kumquat
kum•quat /ˈkʌmkwɑt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Plant Biologya small, orange-colored citrus fruit with a sweet skin and acid flesh, eaten chiefly as a preserve.
- Plant Biologya shrub that bears this fruit.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024kum•quat (kum′kwot),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biology, Fooda small, round or oblong citrus fruit having a sweet rind and acid pulp, used chiefly for preserves.
- Plant Biologyany of several citrus shrubs of the genus Fortunella, native to China, that bear this fruit.
Also, cumquat. - dialect, dialectal Chinese (Guangdong) gāmgwāt gold citrus fruit, akin to Chinese jīnjù
- 1865–70
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: kumquat, cumquat /ˈkʌmkwɒt/ n - any of several small Chinese trees of the rutaceous genus Fortunella
- the small round orange fruit of such a tree, with a sweet rind, used in preserves and confections
Etymology: 17th Century: from Chinese (Cantonese) kam kwat, representing Mandarin Chinese chin chü golden orange |